We had a friend over both Friday night (before heading over to our neighbor's to see the fireworks) and Saturday night, and E seemed to take it well. I had to rush off with him a few times to nurse, but other than that, things seemed to go without a hitch.

I *still* have not pumped. There should be a requirement that nothing needs assembly when new parents are involved. I looked at the instructions, saw all this talk about tubing and valves and boiling everything first, and my brain just shut down. Let's face it, when I am not feeding him, changing him or sleeping, the last thing I want to do is work with complicated machinery.

Anyway, this weekend reminded me that it is nice to be social, so I think I will take the plunge and have a birthday party in a couple of weeks. Wish me luck!

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Poppy said…
Good luck! Keep it simple. :)
12:09 PM
Anonymous said…
Hooray for summer birthdays! Will this be like E's "coming out" party? And when I say "coming out" I mean as in a debutante, not a gay person :)
2:48 PM
Bearette said…
Sort of ;) He's met some of the invitees before, but not all.
6:40 PM
Tracy said…
Yay for birthday parties!
Whatcha gonna do??? Two years ago I had a chocolate "tasting" party and everyone brought different chocolate dishes. That was delish!
: )
11:39 AM
Bearette said…
Just a run-of-the-mill birthday party at my apt ;) There may be some chocolate, though. You never know.
1:52 PM
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